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18-529: Bell Helicopter has had a close association with AgustaWestland. The partnership dates back to separate manufacturing and technology agreements with Agusta ( Bell 47 and Bell 206 ) and as a sublicense via Agusta with Westland ( Bell 47 ). When the two European firms merged, the partnerships were retained, with the exception of the AB139, which is now known as the AW139 . In June 2011, AgustaWestland took full ownership of

36-401: A multinational helicopter design and manufacturing company, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Leonardo S.p.A . From 1952, the company became involved in helicopter manufacturing, first building Bell helicopters under licence, but later Sikorsky , Boeing and McDonnell Douglas products as well. The company also had ambitions to design and build its own helicopters. The Agusta A.101 and

54-508: A case of bribery by Finmeccanica in its deal with India following which the government of India issued a show cause notice to the company. A complaint was filed seeking an investigation into the sale of 21 civil helicopters worth over Rs 7,000 crore (US$ 1.6 billion) by AgustaWestland between 2005 and 2013 in India. As per the complaint Agusta Westland has been selling civil helicopters in India through. Tax authorities in India have been asked to probe

72-544: A separate unit to Hurst, Texas in 1951. Textron purchased Bell Aerospace in 1960. Bell Aerospace was composed of three divisions of Bell Aircraft Corporation, including its helicopter division, which had become its only division still producing complete aircraft. The helicopter division was renamed Bell Helicopter Company and in a few years, with the success of the UH-1 Huey during the Vietnam War, it had established itself as

90-627: Is an American aerospace manufacturer headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas . A subsidiary of Textron , Bell manufactures military rotorcraft at facilities in Fort Worth, and Amarillo, Texas , United States as well as commercial helicopters in Mirabel, Quebec , Canada . The company was founded on July 10, 1935, as Bell Aircraft Corporation by Lawrence Dale Bell in Buffalo, New York . The company focused on

108-725: The Agusta A.106 can be considered the best of its earlier attempts. Others included the AB.102 , A.103 , A.104 , and A.115 . It also produced a small line of aero engines such as the GA.70 and GA.140 . Developed in the 1970s, the Agusta A109 is a commercial and military twin-turbine helicopter, of which the latest variants are still in production. In 1983, the Agusta A129 Mangusta anti-tank helicopter partook in its first official flight engagement. It

126-668: The Agusta A109 Power , an improved version of the A109C series (1994) and the Agusta A119 Koala (1997), a single-engine design based on the A109. Agusta became involved in the Belgian bribery scandal when it was revealed that the company had paid the two Belgian socialist parties who were then (1988/1989) in the government to assist the company in getting the contract for attack helicopters for

144-618: The BA609 tiltrotor program. Bell Agusta Aerospace Company (BAAC) was renamed as the AgustaWestland Tilt-Rotor Company (AWTRC), and will remain a US company being the new type certificate applicant to FAA. The new company is wholly owned by AgustaWestland and the BA609 tiltrotor has been rebranded as the AW609. This aeronautical company–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Agusta Agusta

162-810: The Belgian Army. In 1998, Agusta formed a joint venture with Bell Helicopter Textron called the Bell/Agusta Aerospace Company . Its aim was to develop the Bell/Agusta AB139 helicopter and the Bell/Agusta BA609 tiltrotor aircraft. Bell later withdrew from the BA609 project, which is now known as the AgustaWestland AW609 . In July 2000, Finmeccanica and GKN plc agreed to merge their respective helicopter subsidiaries (Agusta and GKN-Westland Helicopters ), forming AgustaWestland . It

180-708: The designing and building of fighter aircraft. Their first fighters were the XFM-1 Airacuda , a twin-engine fighter for attacking bombers, and the P-39 Airacobra . The P-59 Airacomet , the first American jet fighter, the P-63 Kingcobra , the successor to the P-39, and the Bell X-1 were also Bell products. In 1941, Bell hired Arthur M. Young , a talented inventor, to provide expertise for helicopter research and development. It

198-571: The exception of the AB139, which is now known as the AW139 . Bell and AW cooperated also on the AW609 tiltrotor . Bell planned to reduce employment by 760 in 2014 as fewer V-22s were made. A rapid prototyping center called XworX assists Bell's other divisions in reducing development time. The company was rebranded as "Bell" on February 22, 2018. In July 2024, at the Farnborough International Airshow, Bell Textron commemorated

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216-435: The largest division of Textron. In January 1976, Textron changed the division's name to Bell Helicopter Textron . Bell Helicopter had a close association with AgustaWestland . The partnership dated back to separate manufacturing and technology agreements with Agusta ( Bell 47 and Bell 206 ) and as a sublicence via Agusta with Westland ( Bell 47 ). When the two European firms merged, the partnerships were retained, with

234-630: The possibility of tax evasion by Sharp Ocean on the commission received for the sale of helicopters and foreign exchange deprivation to the country by off-shoring payments for the sale of helicopters in India. Separately, the comptroller and auditor general, in its latest report, has indicted the Chhattisgarh government for overpaying Rs.65 lakh (US$ 120,000) for the purchase of a VVIP helicopter -an Agusta A-109 Power helicopter. Both companies are promoted by twin brothers Nayan Jagjivan and Nakul Jagjivan. Bell Helicopter Textron Bell Textron Inc.

252-620: The requirements of the Royal Navy and the Italian Navy . In 1985 the company started a collaborative programme with the aeronautic industries of France, Germany and the Netherlands in order to develop and produce the NHIndustries NH90 , a nine-ton twin-engine multi-role medium helicopter in order to satisfy the requirements of their respective countries’ armed forces. 1990s projects include

270-622: Was an Italian helicopter manufacturer. It was based in Samarate , Northern Italy . The company was founded by Count Giovanni Agusta in 1923, who flew his first airplane in 1907. The MV Agusta motorcycle manufacturer began as an offshoot of the Agusta aviation company at the end of the Second World War, as a means to save the jobs of employees of the Agusta firm. In July 2000, Agusta merged with Westland Helicopters to form AgustaWestland S.p.A.,

288-565: Was reported on 12 February 2013 that the chief executive, Giuseppe Orsi, was arrested on corruption charges. Prosecutors allege he paid bribes to ensure the sale of 12 helicopters to the Indian government, when he was head of the group's AgustaWestland unit. On 13 February 2013, Finmeccanica's Board of Directors named Alessandro Pansa as chief executive officer and resolved to confer the role of vice chairman to Admiral Guido Venturoni. Shortly after Pansa's appointment, Italian investigators discovered

306-675: Was the first attack helicopter to be designed and produced in Western Europe. However, this helicopter has been a limited commercial success so far, seeing service with the Italian Army , and has also been a modernized variant being developed for the Turkish Army . The 1980s saw the start of several collaborative projects for Agusta. In 1981 Agusta and Westland of Britain started the EH101 medium-lift naval helicopter project in order to satisfy

324-476: Was the foundation for what Bell hoped would be a broader economic base for his company that was not dependent on government contracts . The Bell 30 was their first full-size helicopter (first flight December 29, 1942) and the Bell 47 became the first helicopter in the world rated by a civil aviation authority , becoming a civilian and military success. Due to its burgeoning success, the helicopter division relocated as

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